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Crab Island (Queensland)

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Crab Island, called Moent Island in the native language, is a now uninhabited island west of Muttee Heads and the coastal community of Seisia which is adjacent to Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula within the Endeavour Strait in the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland, Australia. [1]

19 relations: Ankamuti, Arafura Sea, Bamaga, Cape York Peninsula, Endeavour Strait, Flatback sea turtle, Gulf of Carpentaria, Hawksbill sea turtle, List of Torres Strait Islands, Melanesia, Mutee Head, New Guinea, Northern Australia, Olive ridley sea turtle, Queensland, Seisia, Queensland, States and territories of Australia, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islands.

Ankamuti

The Ankamuti were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.

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Arafura Sea

The Arafura Sea lies west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea.

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Bamaga

Bamaga (Kalaw Lagaw Ya), Australian English) is a small town and locality about from the northern tip of Cape York in the north of Queensland, Australia. It is within the Northern Peninsula Area Region. At the 2006 census, Bamaga had a population of 784. It is one of the northernmost settlements in continental Australia.

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Cape York Peninsula

Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia.

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Endeavour Strait

The Endeavour Strait is a strait running between the Australian mainland Cape York Peninsula and Prince of Wales Island in the extreme south of the Torres Strait, in northern Queensland, Australia.

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Flatback sea turtle

The Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) is a sea turtle located along the sandy beaches and shallow coastal waters of Australia.

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Gulf of Carpentaria

The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea).

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Hawksbill sea turtle

The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae.

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List of Torres Strait Islands

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait.

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Melanesia

Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from New Guinea island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji.

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Mutee Head

Mutee Head is about 20 km west of Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Northern Australia

The term Northern Australia includes Queensland and the Northern Territory (NT).

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Olive ridley sea turtle

The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, are smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world, species of sea turtle found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Seisia, Queensland

Seisia is an area north of New Mapoon and west of Bamaga at the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.

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States and territories of Australia

Australia (officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia) is a federation of six states, together with ten federal territories.

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Torres Strait

The Torres Strait is a strait which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.

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Torres Strait Islands

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands which lie in Torres Strait, the waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea.

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Crab Island, Australia, Crab Island, Oceania, Crab Island, Queensland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Island_(Queensland)

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